Land for Dan

⁴⁰ The seventh ·part of the land [lot] was given to the ·tribe [^Lsons; descendants] of Dan [^Lbetween Ephraim and Judah along the Mediterranean coast]. Each ·family group [clan] of Dan received some of the land. ⁴¹ ·Their land [^LThe territory of their inheritance] included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh, ⁴² Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah, ⁴³ Elon, Timnah, Ekron, ⁴⁴ Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath, ⁴⁵ Jehud, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon, ⁴⁶ Me Jarkon, Rakkon, and the area ·near [or opposite] Joppa.

⁴⁷ (·But the Danites had trouble taking their land [^LWhen the territory of the sons/descendants of Dan was lost to them…]. They went and fought against Leshem [or Laish; ^Cin the far north between Naphtali and West Manasseh], defeated it, and ·killed the people who lived there [^Lstruck it with the edge of the sword]. So the Danites ·moved into [^Ltook possession and settled in] the town of Leshem and changed its name to Dan, because he was the father of their tribe.) ⁴⁸ All of these towns and villages were given to the ·family groups [clans] of Dan.